In case you didn’t know, I’m going to Swaziland in October as a part of a district team that will be there for 2 weeks. More information on what we’ll be doing is available here on my Swaziland page.
As of today, February 2, I am now at 47% of my fundraising need to participate in this mission trip!
I am so grateful for each gift that has come in to support me in this adventure and opportunity to serve Christ’s church. I am excited to participate in the “pastor’s conference” we will be doing while in Swaziland.
At this almost halfway point in my fundraising goal, I am still in need of individuals and families to help me. If you would like to help me reach my $3,000 goal, would you prayerfully consider donating any amount. Click here for information about how you can give.
Being that I don’t have a way to work more hours for “overtime” as a pastor, I’m also offering my computer-graphics ability as another way of trying to raise my needed funds for this trip. I just finished designing a unique prayer card for a missionary friend of mine that will be serving in Papua New Guinea. If I can help you with a project (t-shirt design? stickers? graphic? postcard? business card?) please don’t hesitate to contact me – I would LOVE to help you with something as you consider making a donation towards my trip!
This is so cool. As people arrived for our prayer and Bible Study tonight at church, one of our ladies asked me, “Do you want another copy?” as she handed me today’s “Shippensburg Sentinel”. I said, “Why would I?”
I had no idea that our adorable Kindergartner had her picture in it!
Ella was recognized as one of two in her class for displaying the character trait of “caring” in the month of December! We knew about her being recognized for this (we have a certificate she brought home), but we had no idea it would be in the newspaper!
Ella pulled out her third baby tooth last night. In total, I captured almost 2.5gb of video of the ordeal – almost an hour’s worth. After she finally went to bed last night I edited it down to about 3.5-minutes and uploaded it to YouTube. Enjoy!
She told us last night that she couldn’t wait to walk down the aisle at church to show everyone her new toothless smile. Her other top-front tooth is quite loose, too, so I expect that to come out probably within the week!
I just finished these business cards for my sister this week:
Sher's business cards for JustEmbrace.org
She lovingly made a substantial donation toward my $3,000 I’m needing to raise to be a part of a mission team going to Swaziland, Africa this October! If you didn’t know I was going to Swaziland, check out the details at http://bit.ly/swazistevan. I’ve also recently finished a t-shirt design for another friend, a few more business cards for another friend and am currently finishing a prayer-card for a full-time missionary friend and his family!
I’m truly thankful for these who have offered to support me this way – and I still have a long way to go to reach my $3,000 goal. The first 1/3 of my fundraising goal is due in just over a month and I’m truly trusting the Lord to help provide the means for me to join our district-team on this incredible opportunity!
If you’re curious how you could help me(and I could possibly help YOU), visit – http://bit.ly/swazistevan or send me an email directly navets [at] gmail.com
Just last week, the Discovery Channel officially announced it’s green-lighting a brand-new show, “Unchained Reaction” – a 6-part show starring two of my small-screen heroes, Jamie Hyneman & Adam Savage.
The show revolves around pitting two teams against each other in a Rube Goldberg-style build-off for a period of 5-days. The winning team will be judged by Hyneman and Savage and a special guest-judge for each of the six episodes.
Personally, as a huge fan of Mythbusters AND Rube Goldberg machines, this is a no-brainer win-win for me!
Discovery’s official press-release on the show:
(Los Angeles, Ca.) – Discovery Channel announces UNCHAINED REACTION, a new series executive produced by Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman of MYTHBUSTERS. The duo also serve as judges for the six-part series, which pits two teams of varying backgrounds against each other to build an elaborate chain reaction contraption. But they’re not creating a mere string of dominoes – teams must utilize ingenuity, innovation and know-how to build contraptions on a massive scale. UNCHAINED REACTION is set to premiere on Discovery Channel in March 2012.
Each week, two teams made up of artists, rocket scientists, animatronic specialists, engineers and even your average Joe, are provided with identical sets of tools and materials and given five days to complete a series of mechanisms based on a specific theme. It’s the ultimate build-off pressure cooker, where refined mechanical movements, pyrotechnics and large-scale destruction are encouraged. Making a refrigerator a pendulum? Totally possible on UNCHAINED REACTION. Catapults? Flying saucers? Guillotines? Anything goes as long as they trigger the next link in the chain.
Teamwork and outside-the-box thinking are what it will take to be the UNCHAINED REACTION winner, as teams compete to see who can achieve the most impressive build in such a short time. Each week, Jamie and Adam are joined by a new guest judge to decide which team impressed them the most with their innovation, energy and how much spectacle they can create. “The spirit of UNCHAINED REACTION is at the intersection of art and engineering, and Adam and Jamie are the masters at celebrating teamwork and gee-whiz wonder at how the world works,” said Eileen O’Neill, Group President, Discovery Channel and TLC. “We are thrilled to bring this new series to our always curious and engaged Discovery Channel audience.”
Said Savage, “We wanted to craft a show that puts the process of problem solving and ingenuity front and center, and we’ve done exactly that with UNCHAINED REACTION.” Hyneman continued, “The innovative solutions and boundless energy demonstrated by the contestants surprised us every single time.”
UNCHAINED REACTION is produced for Discovery Channel by Discovery Studios and BermanBraun. Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage are executive producers. For Discovery Studios, Daniel Soiseth is executive producer and Derek Wan is co-executive producer; for BermanBraun, Lloyd Braun, Gail Berman and Gene Stein are executive producers, and Jared Heinke is co-executive producer. David Pritikin and Tracy Rudolph are executive producers for Discovery Channel.
Here’s hoping we see innovative creations like this throughout the show:
Just last week, the Discovery Channel officially announced it’s green-lighting a brand-new show, “Unchained Reaction” – a 6-part show starring two of my small-screen heroes, Jamie Hyneman & Adam Savage.
